{"id":"GHSA-9q2p-vc84-2rwm","summary":"OpenClaw: system.run allow-always persistence included shell-commented payload tails","details":"OpenClaw's `system.run` allowlist analysis did not honor POSIX shell comment semantics when deriving `allow-always` persistence entries.\n\nA caller in `security=allowlist` mode who received an `allow-always` decision could submit a shell command whose tail was commented out at runtime, for example by using an unquoted `#` before a chained payload. The runtime shell would execute only the pre-comment portion, but allowlist persistence could still analyze and store the non-executed tail as a trusted follow-up command.\n\nLatest published npm version: `2026.3.2`\n\nFixed on `main` on March 7, 2026 in `939b18475d734ed75173f59507e3ebbdfe1992b7` by teaching shell tokenization and chain/pipeline analysis to stop at unquoted shell comments, so allow-always persistence now tracks only commands that the shell can actually execute. Normal real chained commands and quoted `#` literals continue to work.\n\n## Affected Packages / Versions\n\n- Package: `openclaw` (npm)\n- Affected versions: `\u003c= 2026.3.2`\n- Patched version: `\u003e= 2026.3.7`\n\n## Fix Commit(s)\n\n- `939b18475d734ed75173f59507e3ebbdfe1992b7`\n\n## Release Process Note\n\nnpm `2026.3.7` was published on March 8, 2026. This advisory is fixed in the released package.\n\nThanks @tdjackey for reporting.","modified":"2026-03-09T20:01:23.942753Z","published":"2026-03-09T19:54:46Z","database_specific":{"cwe_ids":["CWE-436","CWE-863"],"severity":"MODERATE","github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2026-03-09T19:54:46Z","nvd_published_at":null},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-9q2p-vc84-2rwm"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/939b18475d734ed75173f59507e3ebbdfe1992b7"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases/tag/v2026.3.7"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"openclaw","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/openclaw"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2026.3.7"}]}],"database_specific":{"last_known_affected_version_range":"\u003c= 2026.3.2","source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-9q2p-vc84-2rwm/GHSA-9q2p-vc84-2rwm.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"}]}